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Biography
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The Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble
Effective period / Period of releases: 2023
Members: Armen Ayvazyan, Artur Atoyan, Emmanuel Hovhannisyan, Armen Yeganyan, Levon Torosyan, Aram Nikoghosyan, Tigran Karapetyan, Meri Vardanyan, Avag Margaryan, Levon Eskenian, Vladimir Papikyan, Davit Avagyan, Harutyun Chkolyan, Reza Nesimi, Mesrop Khalatyan, Orestis Moustidis, Norayr Gapoyan, Eduard Harutyunyan, Astghik Snetsunts, Gagik Hakobyan
The Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble was founded in 2008 by the Armenian musician Levon Eskenian, with the aim of creating ethnographically authentic arrangements of the G.I. Gurdjieff/Thomas de Hartmann piano music. The ensemble consists of Armenia’s leading Eastern folk instrumentalists playing duduk, blul/nay, saz, tar, kamancha, oud, kanon, santur, dap/daf, tombak and dhol.